The NBA's Pre-Draft Camp starts today and Dan Wiederer, of the Fayetteville Observer, asks whether participating ACC players are ready for the NBA. Wiederer states NBA teams like DeMarcus Nelson's athleticism and defense, but they are scared because he doesn't have a great jump shot. The article also discusses J.J. Hickson, Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green. Robbi Pickeral, of the News & Observer, has an article up that discusses the long wait between a college player declaring for the draft and the deadline for removing their name. Is the timeline good for college basketball?

Dan Wiederer lists five odds and ends from the Bob Gibbons Tournament of Champions. Number one on his list is the play of Kenny Boynton and Brandon Knight of Florida Team Breakdown. He also discusses Ryan Kelly, John Wall and Nolan Dennis. Adam Zagoria names Derrick Favors and John Wall the TOC's big winners, while Jody Demling discusses Daniel Orton's dominating performance at the Nike Memorial Day Classic in Nashville.

In Men's Lacrosse, Duke's Matt Danowski has been named Player of the Year for the second consecutive year.

Duke golfer Amanda Blumenhurst has been named Player of the Year by the National Golf Coaches Association. John Hopkins University handed Duke a 10-9 loss in Lacrosse, at the Final Four. This is the second consecutive year JHU has ended Duke's season. Last season JHU defeated Duke in the National Championship game. JHU will face Syracuse in the championship game on Monday. Mason Plumlee, Kenny Boynton and Brandon Knight's play at the Bob Gibbons TOC is discussed in this article with video clips. At the Nike Memorial Day Classic, in Nashville, Leslie McDonald and Memphis YOMCA won their two games on Saturday. Nike MDC coverage is available from Jody Demling at the Louisville Courier-Journal.

Indiana Elite One defeated the Atlanta Celtics and advanced in the tournament.  Here is an updated bracket (see page 4 of pdf).  A complete rundown of Day One scores is available here and the Lawrence Journal-World has written an article on Derrick Favors.

The Jayhawk Invitational is a big event in AAU basketball this weekend. Future Blue Devil Mason Plumlee and the Indiana Elite One are participating as well as Derrick Favors and the Atlanta Celtics. The Celtics also feature talented 6'6" Lance Stephenson who will check out Kansas unofficially after the tournament ends. The Lawrence Journal-World has an event preview posted, with Duke being mentioned several times; and collegecoaches.net has tournament brackets, team rosters, and updates available.

Mason Plumlee and Indiana Elite One lost their Friday night game, 72 - 67, to Howard Pulley Black, last year's runner-up.  Indiana Elite will play two games on Saturday.  The Blue Devil Nation will keep you abreast of tournament results as they become available.